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  2. British Empire - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, ... but which collapsed following the loss of its two largest members. [251] ...

  3. End of Roman rule in Britain - Wikipedia

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    In 383, the Roman general then assigned to Britain, Magnus Maximus, launched his successful bid for imperial power, [1] crossing to Gaul with his troops. He killed the Western Roman Emperor Gratian and ruled Gaul and Britain as Caesar (i.e., as a "sub-emperor" under Theodosius I). 383 is the last date for any evidence of a Roman presence in the north and west of Britain, [2] perhaps excepting ...

  4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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    They found the key to understanding the British Empire in the ruins of Rome." [ 28 ] In 1995, an established journal of classical scholarship, Classics Ireland , published punk musician Iggy Pop 's reflections on the applicability of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire to the modern world in a short article, Caesar Lives , (vol. 2, 1995 ...

  5. Historiography of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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    The major multi-volume multi-author coverage of the history of the British Empire is the Oxford History of the British Empire (1998–2001), five-volume set, plus a companion series. [277] Douglas Peers says the series demonstrates that, "As a field of historical inquiry, imperial history is clearly experiencing a renaissance." [278]

  6. Territorial evolution of the British Empire - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...

  7. Continental System - Wikipedia

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    The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.

  8. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The ensuing First World War eventually pitted the Allied and Associated Powers including the British Empire, France, Russia, Italy and the U.S. against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The deadliest conflict in human history up to that point, the war ended in an Allied victory in November 1918 but inflicted ...

  9. United Kingdom in the Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. A key element in British success was its ability to mobilize the nation's industrial and financial resources and apply them to defeating France. With a population of 16 million Britain was barely half the size of France with 30 million.